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The Food Spin Bill

The livelihoods of small and marginal farmers are being destroyed in the name of reforms… Every fourth Indian is a victim of hunger. And half the hungry are farmers who cannot eat what they grow.

Spurious case for war

Just as the hysteria over Iraq’s supposed WMDs was phoney, this time the West’s case for war bristles with contradictions. The horror over Syria’s alleged use of poison gas reeks of hypocrisy.

Line of no control

Given that India has consciously ruled out any option of retaliation in kind, the question is: Are there now any limits on the extent of forbearance by India in respect of habitual prevarication by Pakistan?

When polls drive the consensus engine

A government that found it difficult for years to convince its allies about issues like FDI in retail and on pension and insurance reforms has pulled off not one but two social welfare schemes within a week

A Nobel peace laureate goes to war

Mr Obama says he must go to war because his red line for Syria was violated. But from where does the US leader derive the right to draw red lines for the world when his own land is not under attack, in this case from Syria?

Rupee falling, Modi smiling

It seemed that Mr Modi will remain the subject of election debate. Now it is clear that the government will be under attack on the economy from Third Front constituents who will ignore Mr Modi as a secondary target.

A long march to nowhere

The people of India have become even more cynical about the use of religion as a political tool. Political parties are prone to forget that the common man has a pretty shrewd idea of what is going on.

Longing for cybersilence

Once back in London the world was too much with me, but the memory of cybersilence pursued me so I’ve been trying switching off my phone for a day at a time and ignoring emails for more than a day

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